Ruben Nicolai

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Ruben Nicolai
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Ruben Nicolai (2013)
Born
Ruben Iskander Nicolai

(1975-05-08) 8 May 1975 (age 46)
Lanaken, Belgium

Ruben Nicolai (born 8 May 1975) is a Dutch television presenter and comedian. He is known as one of the comedians in the television show De Lama's together with Tijl Beckand, Ruben van der Meer and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge.

Career[]

Together with Nathan Vecht he won both the audience award and the jury award at the cabaret festival in 2002.

Between 2004 and 2008 he formed part of the core team of comedians in the television show De Lama's, together with Ruben van der Meer, Tijl Beckand and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge. The show is a Dutch adaptation of the show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. In 2006, they won the award for the show.

In 2009, he won the award. In 2010, he presented the television show Gehaktdag.[1] In January 2011, he switched from AVRO to work for his previous employer BNN.[1]

In 2015, he presented the game show Vijf tegen Vijf.[2] He presented Idols 5 (2016) and Idols 6 (2017) of the Idols television series together with Lieke van Lexmond.[2]

Nicolai and Tijl Beckand also presented , a quiz and game show with small scientific experiments and questions about science.[2] In the show, science journalist and presenter Diederik Jekel helps to explain the scientific concepts and experiments. Nicolai is also the presenter of the game show which first aired in 2015.[2]

Nicolai also presents the Dutch version of The Masked Singer. In 2020, Nicolai and Belgian actor and presenter Kürt Rogiers presented the television show Lego Masters in which teams from the Netherlands and Flanders compete to build the best constructions using Lego.[3] The show returned in 2021 for its second season.[3]

Personal life[]

Nicolai has two daughters.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ruben Nicolai keert terug naar BNN". NU.nl (in Dutch). 1 September 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "Ruben Nicolai: "Als je mij achter de bbq zet, is alles zwart van buiten en rauw van binnen"". Televizier (in Dutch). 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "De brickshop gaat weer open". Televizier (in Dutch). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Ruben Nicolai beschouwt breuk met moeder van kinderen als falen" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

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